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Do you have problems, concerns, or recommendations about the technical side of the Phoenix? Air them here. Compliments also welcome.


Dana - Apr 07, 2009 8:43:23 am PDT #2758 of 4673
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

In IE6, the red plus signs don't appear and the items that would have a plus sign are offset to where the plus signs would be.

Wait, that's what I meant. What Jon said. In IE7.


§ ita § - Apr 07, 2009 4:55:27 pm PDT #2759 of 4673
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Semantically speaking, the entries in the menus to the rightleft should be lists, I think. It makes the HTML cleaner, and the styling (now) easier to reformat. That's what I was trying to achieve yesterday, but I can't work out how to do it in a degradable fashion.

It's bugging me.


Liese S. - Apr 07, 2009 7:41:16 pm PDT #2760 of 4673
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Yeah, I really like the idea of where you're going. But I am of no help whatsoever about css.


§ ita § - Apr 07, 2009 8:52:50 pm PDT #2761 of 4673
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Along that same theory the Read New nav bar, the Buffistas Home footer and the Threadsuck row of links should also be links. Which are a snap to duplicate, formatting wise, in the more recent gens of browsers, but not all across the user base.

Speaking of which, the crumbs should be at the top of the list of posts and the bottom, but still working out just where.


Liese S. - Apr 07, 2009 8:54:59 pm PDT #2762 of 4673
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Oh, good. And yeah, I know. There's not necessarily an analogous position at the bottom.


§ ita § - Apr 08, 2009 7:00:37 am PDT #2763 of 4673
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

How does this look to people? I'm not sure of the range of browser validity.


Jessica - Apr 08, 2009 7:07:43 am PDT #2764 of 4673
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Firefox 3 on XP - looks normal to me except that the usernames aren't links to profiles (probably because that's a guest view and not a logged-in member?)

I'm not a huge fan of the box around the breadcrumbs at the top and bottom, but that's just an aesthetic thing. Is there any way to left-justify that line instead of putting it right on top of the Read New | Message Center etc?


§ ita § - Apr 08, 2009 7:14:13 am PDT #2765 of 4673
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Yeah--if you're not logged in you can't click through on user names.

Do you mean left justify it in the same line as Read New? That's very busy. It would have to be a separate line to prevent the possibility of over(lap/flow).


amych - Apr 08, 2009 7:16:18 am PDT #2766 of 4673
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Speaking for me and not Jess, I'd be fine with left on a separate line, but on the right it looks cluttered/crowded with all the other stuff there.

(Although I'll probably display:none it anyway, so ignore this opinion if you like...)


tiggy - Apr 08, 2009 7:16:18 am PDT #2767 of 4673
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore

looks fine to me, but i'm also using firefox 3 on XP. oh and i agree with Jessica about the box. it looks out of place there.